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Van Landingham Honored For Contributions To Virginia History

(Monday) March 8, 2010

Marian Van Landingham, the founding director of the Torpedo Factory Art Center and a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1982 to 2005, has been named one of Virginia’s 2010 Women in History.

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Marian Van Landingham (Courtesy Photo)
Marian Van Landingham (Courtesy Photo)

Alexandria Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day

(Sunday) March 7, 2010

Alexandria turned green Saturday as thousands celebrated the 29th Annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. Spirits were high, and so was the temperature – a crisp 55 degrees with a cloudless blue sky.

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Getting into the spirit at Alexandria's 29th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. (Photo: Regan Kireilis)
Getting into the spirit at Alexandria's 29th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. (Photo: Regan Kireilis)

Counting The Costs Of Smoking

(Friday) March 5, 2010

Although the number of people who smoke cigarettes has continued to decline, hundreds of thousands of people in Virginia and the United States continue to light up every day. Virginia has the 12th lowest smoking rate in the nation. As of 2008, 2.4 million Virginians, about 40.5% of the population, have tried smoking. Nearly 60% have tried to quit and 40% continue to smoke. One in six Virginians, about 973,000 people, were smokers in 2008.

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Cigarette smoking. (Photo: Regan Kireilis)
Cigarette smoking. (Photo: Regan Kireilis)

Bishop Ireton Supports Sister School Louverture Cleary School In Haiti

(Thursday) March 4, 2010

Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, students at Bishop Ireton High School have spent the last month raising money and collecting shoes for Louverture Cleary School, BI’s sister school in Haiti. To date, Ireton students have raised $28,323 that will go to the Haitian Project and the Louverture Cleary school community. Half of the money came from tickets to the school’s Winter Ball; the remainder was collected from donations, $2 dress out days, cake walks, Drama Club benefit events, basketball game collections, and contributions from Blessed Sacrament School.

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NAACP Celebrates Black History Month

(Tuesday) March 2, 2010

As Black History Month drew to a close, the Alexandria chapter of the NAACP invited the community to celebrate with a soul food tasting, music and a presentation well-known author and African scholar Dr. Ronald Walters.

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Celebrated author and African scholar Dr. Ronald Walters. (Photo: Regan Kireilis)
Celebrated author and African scholar Dr. Ronald Walters. (Photo: Regan Kireilis)

Crime Solvers Seeks Driver In Fatal Hit And Run Crash

(Tuesday) March 2, 2010

Fairfax County Crime Solvers is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the driver of a car that struck and killed a man on Wednesday, February 24. At around 3:30 a.m., police found the body of Efrain Flores-Vasquez, 49, of no fixed address, at Leesburg Pike at I-495.

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Proposed Fairfax County Redevelopments Cause West End Angst

(Wednesday) February 24, 2010

When residents of Alexandria’s West End learned that Fairfax County was considering proposals to redevelop the Plaza at Landmark and the Smoot Lumber site, they asked why the City hadn’t informed them and why Alexandria leaders weren’t involved in the decision making process. A third proposed Fairfax County redevelopment on Vine Street will be considered during Alexandira’s Eisenhower West planning process, which is scheduled to begin next year.

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Proposed area of development at Plaza of Landmark. (Courtesy Photo)
Proposed area of development at Plaza of Landmark. (Courtesy Photo)

Alexandria Jail Inmates Urged To Visit Washington’s Holocaust Museum, Learn From The Past , Start Over

(Friday) February 19, 2010

“Idle minds are the devil’s workshop,” according to a popular proverb. No where is it more obvious than in jails, detention center or prisons.

The inmate services division of the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office has instituted unique monthly programs for the express purpose of encouraging inmates to broaden their education and skills while serving jail sentences.

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Cherye Ecane and Robert Buckley with an inmate that participated in the program. (Courtesy Photo)
Cherye Ecane and Robert Buckley with an inmate that participated in the program. (Courtesy Photo)

Collateral Damage: Potholes Proliferate In Wake Of Back-To-Back Snowstorms

(Thursday) February 18, 2010

They are big, bad, bowl-shaped, ugly and costly when your car hits one, which is easier to do these days. They are gaping potholes of the car-swallowing kind. Although they normally crop up when springtime approaches, potholes are already the bane of existence for metro area motorists, who are navigating around huge mounds of frozen ice and coping with streets and roads still constricted by unplowed and under-plowed snow.

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Meet The 2009/2010 Living Legends: Rosalind Bovey

(Wednesday) February 17, 2010

“I can’t praise Rosalind Bovey too highly,” said former Carlyle House Board President Oscar Fitzgerald. “It seems like I have known her forever. She is very successful, persistent, has raised significant funds, and I am always impressed by her positive attitude.”

The public accolades are many including adjectives like amazing, energetic, persuasive, reasonable, and well organized. Bovey is admired particularly for her commitment to civic causes.

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Rosalind Bovey (Photo: Nina Tisara)
Rosalind Bovey (Photo: Nina Tisara)

 

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